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MAHARASHTRA

• MAY 30
Ready to face Srikrishna's adverse remarks, says Thackeray
Ganesh Naik will be punished at appropriate time, says Joshi

• MAY 27
Husain apologises for Sita Rescued
Joshi demands separate railway zone for Bombay

• MAY 26
158 persons hospitalised, doctors fear dengue outbreak

• MAY 21
Ganesh Naik's nominee defeats Sena in mayoral poll

• MAY 19
Ganesh Naik's men come out of Sena in New Bombay

• MAY 08
Sena faces double barrage
Joshi brushes off revolt, to go ahead with cabinet reshuffle
'You just wait and watch...'

• MAY 07
Speculation rife on Manohar Joshi's exit
Congress MP gets showcause letter for criticising AICC appointment
Heckling audience forces Chavan to acknowledge Pawar's contribution

• MAY 06
Manohar Joshi lauds action against Ghulam Ali, Husain
Manohar Joshi to expand and reshuffle cabinet on May 9
Sarpotdar let off in arms possession case for lack of evidence
Mayor-in-council will lead to Bombay's separation, says Chavan
Pawar takes apart BJP-Sena at MPCC meet

• MAY 05
26 rampaging Bajrang Dal activists released on Rs 1000 surety

• MAY 01
The Konkan dream finally comes true! APRIL 30

Pune archaeologists hope the Saraswati will unlock mysteries of the past

APRIL 25

11 killed, 27 injured as goods train rams into stationary express in Beed

APRIL 24

Opposition bays for Joshi's blood
House in turmoil yet again over Srikrishna report

APRIL 23

Sena leaders elected as Bombay civic heads under new system
Opposition disrupts assembly for third consecutive day over Srikrishna report

APRIL 22

Breach of privilege motion against playwright
Government unable to table Srikrishna report now, says Joshi

APRIL 21

Noted novelist to portray eunuch in Marathi play
Independents decide to stick by alliance government
Opposition disrupts council proceedings over tabling Srikrishna report

APRIL 19

Producer Vijay Sippy found dead
Supreme Court dismisses state petition on rent control act

APRIL 17

Srikrishna report may be tabled on April 20

APRIL 16

Thackeray breaks silence to trash mayor-in-council system
G V G Krishnamurthy may be sent to Maharashtra as governor
Dudhat probe panel exonerates Sutar of corruption charges

APRIL 15

12 bureaucrats shunted out

APRIL 14

20 independent MLAs want to return to Congress, claims Pawar
Khairnar to demolish reputations through autobiography now

APRIL 12

Sonia to attend Congress meet at Nashik
Undertrials go on the rampage

APRIL 10

State intelligence official spies on former minister; bodyguard fires in the air
Poor coordination led to alliance's debacle, admits BJP unit chief

APRIL 3

Dudhat committee report against Sutar to be tabled before April 19
Joshi, Munde to discuss new airport with PM
Joshi is a friend but a political rival, says Pawar

APRIL 2

Flesh trade most in Maharashtra, least in Delhi
2 killed in industrial accident
Dhule divided to create Nandurbar district
Motion on mayoral bill defeated again
Revenue minister threatened me, says Congress MLA
Nadeem's application on tapped phone calls rejected

APRIL 1

International air passenger and cargo hub coming up in Nagpur
60 school children arrested

MARCH 29

Joshi refuses to be Thackeray's scapegoat
New rent Bill for Bombay

MARCH 27

Joshi-Thackeray war and peace leaves Sena confused

MARCH 26

Narayan Rane tipped to succeed Manohar Joshi in Maharashtra
Independents backing BJP-Sena divided

MARCH 25

Maharashtra government on the mat over budget 'leaks'
Maharashtra hikes price of liquor, sugar and textiles

MARCH 24

Thackeray takes back criticism of Manohar Joshi
Sena-BJP's mayor-in-council bill defeated in council

MARCH 19

17 dead in Bombay building crash
For the survivors, after the tragedy comes the reality

MARCH 18

1 killed, 11 hurt in building collapse

MARCH 13

BJP-Sena to do soul-searching in April

MARCH 12

Bombay blasts destroyed the lives of victims as well as executors
The wheels of justice grind slowly in the blasts case
Fridays don't seem lucky for Bombay
Sideline Pawar, scream seniors

MARCH 7

Sena-BJP win more votes, but fewer seats in Maharashtra
Arun Gawli's wife arrested for builder's murder

MARCH 6

Pawar's aides lay the ground for his becoming PM

FEBRUARY 28

Four dead, 19 hurt in Bombay blasts
'Pawar is a manipulator -- he threatens the Congress leadership, then makes a deal that makes him even richer'

FEBRUARY 27

'If we win Bombay North-Central, the Sena government should resign'
It's a straight fight between Sena and Congress in Satara
Powerloom centre finds government policy a millstone around its neck
Lalitha, an actress and a gentlewoman

FEBRUARY 26

Their master's order

FEBRUARY 25

Sonia has cast a spell on Thackeray's magic: Pawar
Cop tells probe panel he didn't know about desecration of Ambedkar statue

FEBRUARY 24

Srikrishna report to be made public next week, says Munde
Not naming Cong. choice for PM was an error, says Sathe
Independents's action may lead to fresh elections in Maharashtra

FEBRUARY 21

Sudhakar Naik is out to avenge his 1996 defeat in Washim
Sushilkumar Shinde has to redeem Solapur for Congress

FEBRUARY 20

Security beefed up in Bombay on poll-eve

FEBRUARY 19

BJP attacks Congress bastion of Sangli
Congress goes all out to halt saffron march in Vidarbha

FEBRUARY 18

Congress struggles to wrest Marathwada back from BJP-Sena
'But I am not the BJP! I am the Pune Vikas Aghadi'

FEBRUARY 14

Vajpayee carpetbombs Vidarbha, seeks a mandate to govern

FEBRUARY 13

Vidarbha is the true test of Sena-BJP's popularity in Maharashtra

FEBRUARY 11

Munde willing to step down, offers deputy CM post to RPI for support to Sena-BJP
Of sugar belts and bitter pills

FEBRUARY 10

Cartoonist Thackeray lampoons political opponents in style

FEBRUARY 8

Bombay's Muslims confused by SP's tieup with Congress

FEBRUARY 6

Sonia is favouring Christians, charges Thackeray
Ex-MP Purohit joins Congress, to work for BJP's defeat

FEBRUARY 5

Further action sought against TADA judge
Congress confident of regaining Nagpur, Beed
Alliance against BJP-Sena facing internal dissent

FEBRUARY 4

Sena says Seshan no vote-catcher in rural areas; no ticket for ex-CEC

FEBRUARY 3

SP fields ace defector Chandrika Kenia from Thane
Former addl CP joins JD, to contest from Bombay North-West

JANUARY 31

Sena to field Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil in Ahmednagar

JANUARY 30

Ex-bureaucrat Dharmadikari joins the fray in Pune

JANUARY 29

Pune ex-MP Anna Joshi quits BJP

JANUARY 28

Union govt to consult A P J Abdul Kalam on Bhadravati project
BJP fields Kakade against Pawar
RJD to contest 2 seats in Bombay

JANUARY 24

SP chief joins BJP

JANUARY 22

15 drown near Satara

JANUARY 20

'The Indian Congress has turned into Italian Congress'
2 killed, 4 injured in community clash

JANUARY 18

Sena undecided on Seshan
Kalmadi to begin campaign on Sunday
'Is fighting corruption indiscipline?' asks Banwarilal Purohit

JANUARY 17

Tushar Gandhi takes the plunge into politics
Janata Dal to support RPI
Court orders action on illegal constructions

JANUARY 16

Police nab Surla

JANUARY 15

JD-SP fight as UF finalises 23 seats
Salvi to contest from Thane


JANUARY 14

Seshan may not get Sena ticket
Dalit poet Dhasal to contest from Pune

JANUARY 13

BJP, VHP rise against Thackeray's proposal

JANUARY 10

Sena announces first list of LS nominees
Sena to contest 136 seats

JANUARY 8

Kalmadi forms new party

JANUARY 8

UF move sparks speculation on ties with Congress

JANUARY 7

The Best State for Industrial Investment

JANUARY 3

Chhota Gandharva dead

JANUARY 1

Congress, BJP bag 2 seats each in local bodies poll

DECEMBER 30

BJP, Sena finalise seat-sharing in Maharashtra

DECEMBER 24

Estate war as deal on surplus mill land sale flounders

DECEMBER 21

Thackeray 'elected' Sena chief

DECEMBER 20

SP plans 'seat adjustments' with Congress
Furore over shifting mega city

DECEMBER 19

Mayor-in-council system for Bombay, Nagpur
Bickering in Congress
Konkan Railway Corporation bags contract for expressway tunnels
With 'proof', Joshi refutes charges of insulting Majrooh Sultanpuri

DECEMBER 18

Sena ready to support Seshan: Thackeray

DECEMBER 17

Poll panel heads for major crisis

DECEMBER 16

Election commissioners lock horns over Sena
Sena's reply to EC on Dec 24

DECEMBER 13

Thackeray asked to appear before EC
Kesri sidelines Pawar, Chavan

DECEMBER 12

Dalit faction may back Shiv Sena
Munde blames Centre for low investment

DECEMBER 10

EC's directive to 3 state govts

DECEMBER 5

New district to be carved out of Akola

DECEMBER 3

State ties up with WTC to boost exports

NOVEMBER 29

28 killed in Loha road accident
400-page chargesheet filed in Gulshan Kumar murder case

NOVEMBER 28

Traders to go on strike

NOVEMBER 25

Maharashtra govt to regularise Sahara project

NOVEMBER 22

'Only those disloyal to Maharashtra will criticise Thackerary'

NOVEMBER 19

Only 'might is right' now in Maharashtra
Hazare demands probe into Sahara project

NOVEMBER 18

Private party on verge of taking over hydroelectric project

NOVEMBER 6

Shabana to lead rally against Bombay demolitions

NOVEMBER 5

Law and order in Bombay has collapsed: Governor
Fiat, Skoda automobiles to set up plants

OCTOBER 30

Maharashtra govt pulled up for atrocities against Patkar
State threatens action against Time magazine

OCTOBER 18

Anna Hazare threatens stir against Maharashtra scam
Bombay court quashes writs in Kini case

OCTOBER 17

Thackeray-Munde war of words in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Bhushan award for Lata Mangeshkar
Sudhakar Naik resigns from Congress
Centre clears Bombay-Pune expressway

OCTOBER 15

All illegal Bombay structures to be razed in 3 months

OCTOBER 14

Tax raids will bring mid-term poll: Thackeray
Fourth phase of Koyna project nears completion

OCTOBER 11-12

Keen contest likely for Marathi theatre body poll
Maharashtra CM flays Centre for delaying gangsters's arrests
Maharashtra moots Rs 55.6 billion Konkan, Tapi projects

OCTOBER 10

Pawar, Joshi lock horns

OCTOBER 7

TIPS owner Ramesh Taurani arrested in Gulshan Kumar case

OCTOBER 5

Gawli aide Dabholkar shot dead

OCTOBER 4

Maharashtra reluctant to close loss-making units

OCTOBER 2

Workers to get share in new plan for sale of textile mills land

OCTOBER 1

Pawar proves his clout with Maharashtra sugar barons

SEPTEMBER 30

Many Maharashtrians die as bus plunges into Kashmir river
State to set up casinos

SEPTEMBER 27

Sada Pawle killed in Bombay police encounter
Rs 120 million for drought-hit Marathwada

SEPTEMBER 26

Minister levels serious charges against Maharashtra CM
Underground road between VT and Churchgate

SEPTEMBER 25

'Weight of water tank crushed Poonam Chambers'
Maharashtra fails to use development funds

SEPTEMBER 24

Sudhakar Naik in centre of Congress storm

SEPTEMBER 21

'Should cops sing bhajans when gangsters try to kill them?' asks CM
Maharashtra govt ripe for plucking, says Pawar

SEPTEMBER 19

Rail strike paralyses Bombay

SEPTEMBER 18

Six confirmed dead in Poonam Chambers collapse
"I knew this was the end" A survivor from Poonam Chambers describes his ordeal

SEPTEMBER 17

Maharashtra seeks time to decide on NTC mills
Maharashtra govt not too happy about taking over NTC mills

SEPTEMBER 13

Thackeray says he will name Gulshan killers if the cops go to him

SEPTEMBER 11

Film stars, sportspersons and MLAs in Rs 15 billion land scam

SEPTEMBER 10

30 sugar mills may stop production

SEPTEMBER 9

Bhujbal sues Thackeray

SEPTEMBER 6

Haffkine's develops antidote for scorpion bites
Centre gives the nod to form MRDC
Congress moves against Thopte for his anti-Pawar statements

SEPTEMBER 5

Boney Kapoor, Chunky Pankey interrogated
Security beefed up for Dilip Kumar
Pune's Dagedu Sheth Halwai dresses up for Ganeshotsva

SEPTEMBER 4

Bombay to have rail development corporation

SEPTEMBER 3

'Very very important person in Maharashtra receives threats'

SEPTEMBER 2

Bal Thackeray to quit politics
6 killed, 8 injured in road accident
2 held for desecrating statue in Aurangabad

AUGUST 31

Dawood aide killed in Bombay

AUGUST 30

Chargesheet filed in Kini case
Centre gives green signal to Bombay-Pune expressway
Chemical factories to be banned in Sindhudurg district

AUGUST 29

Red alert in Bombay after blast

AUGUST 26

Five Gawli men held in Maharashtra
Bombay normal as rain fury ends
BJP leaders kept out of Ramabai Nagar in Bombay, says Pramod Mahajan

AUGUST 24

Monsoon fury claims 11 more lives in Bombay
148-year-old man dies in Maharashtra

AUGUST 23

Rains lash Bombay close
9 criminals held in Maharashtra

AUGUST 22

Gawli remanded to police custody

AUGUST 21

Builder's murder jolts Sena-BJP govt, Bombay police chief shifted
Builder gunned down in Bombay's busiest commercial area

AUGUST 19

Sudhir Joshi bows to Thackeray, resigns as president of Lokadhikar Samiti

AUGUST 16

Gangster killed in Maharashtra
'Tree of liberty' honoured in Bombay

AUGUST 15

3 held in connection with Gulshan Kumar murder

AUGUST 14

'This things (killings) will keep on happening. People will be killed due to personal feuds'

AUGUST 13

'A mafia of environmentalists are impeding Maharashtra's development'
High court dismisses Thackeray's 'threat' to Paswan

AUGUST 12

'Your responsibilities have increased and you have to act responsibly. Nobody should take that as a dilution of my aggression'

AUGUST 10

'I think there is an Arun Shourie brigade doing all this'

AUGUST 8

No 'sorry' for Mahajan: BJP MP quits Lok Sabha
Two Chotta Rajan gang members brought to Bombay

AUGUST 7

Sena to ban Paswan only after Independence Day
Court asks Maharashtra to act on AIDS issue
Mill lands developed before govt allowed sale, claims workers' body

AUGUST 5

Munde will attempt to justify Enron project to villagers at site
Maharashtra maintains industrial lead despite slowdown

Don't ban Shourie's book: Dalit meet
When a childish emulation turned a fatal reality

AUGUST 2

Gawli released

AUGUST 2

State advocate general saves Thackeray from jail
Sena women's wing leader attacked in Thane
Thackeray didn't get me police commissioner's job: Ribeiro
4 foreign firms bid for New Bombay airport project

AUGUST 1

Shivaji's letters... stolen '88, missed '95 and recovered thereafter
Art copy: Xerox brings Western masters alive in Pune

JULY 31

Gawli granted bail

JULY 30

Pawar demands President's rule in Maharashtra
Pawar says Thackeray can't handle power

Shivankar meets Hazare, sets grapevine working overtime

JULY 29

Cops get another day's stay on Gawli's release
Bombay workers to protest against privatisation
Demand for ban on tobacco products
Marina's pregnancy places Kolhapur on top of the world

JULY 27

Ban on Shourie's book on Ambedkar only with law ministry's nod: CM
Maharashtra dy CM skips Enron debate yet again

JULY 26

Another case slapped on Gawli

JULY 25

Final verdict on Gawli's bail plea on Saturday
Idol desecration leads to violence and curfew in Yavatmal

JULY 24

Bhujbal hatched plot to desecrate statue, claims associate
Gawli remanded to judicial custody

JULY 23

Arun Gawli arrested
Congress driving wedge between Sena and dalits: Thackeray
Thackeray leads with both fists swinging, asks Sainiks to court arrest

JULY 22

Non-stop speeches for 24 hours, a new record!
B M Oza's Bofors to be translated into Marathi

JULY 20

Kesri will insist on Maharashtra government's dismissal
Maharashtra govt announces education and employment scheme for Vidarbha's child workers

JULY 19

Ambedkar statue desecrated in Nashik, angry mob resorts to stoning-throwing
Congress, Sena corporators come to blows in Thane
2 killed, 14 hurt as tempo turns turtle

JULY 18

Shiv Sena has become a liability, says BJP minister
Athavle finally visits Ramabai Ambedkar colony

JULY 17

Gupta unhappy with Maharashtra law and order situation
Vidarbha tense
Dalit poet commits suicide in protest
Two dalit officers resign in protest
No more riots says Bal Thackeray

JULY 16

Thackeray meets governor; tells cadres to behave
'We are of one blood. Find those responsible for garlanding Dr Ambedkar's bust with slippers and hang them'

JULY 15

Saffron hooliganism follows Bombay bandh
Mixed response to Maharashtra bandh
Uproar in state assembly over attacks on Oppn leaders
BJP blasts Congress for politicising statue desecration issue

JULY 13

BJP issues show-cause notice to Nagpur MP Purohit

JULY 11

Non-Congress opposition walks out of Assembly

JULY 10

Congress members walk out of Assembly
9 killed, 36 injured in road accident near Nagpur
4 killed, 9 injured as bus collides with truck

JULY 9

Thackeray goes down memory lane, and longs for gutsy leadership

JULY 4

Mahajan thinks state BJP unit is his personal property: Nagpur MP
Srikrishna Commission completes inquiry into riots

JULY 2

Dec '92 riots not against Hindus, says Pawar

JULY 1

Pawar claims he didn't delay army deployment during 1993 riots

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